Designed throughout the preparation period for the World Cup, the Brazilian team's selection for the premiere against Serbia, on Thursday (24), at 16h (from Brasilia), was defined in the last two trainings, which happened with closed gates. Tite decided to bet on the most offensive formation with Vini Jr. of titular.
Scale: Alisson; Danilo, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva and Alex Sandro; Casemiro and Lucas Paquetá; Raphinha, Neymar and Vini Jr.; Richarlison is the starting team, unless a last-minute surprise changes plans. Funny thing is, this team never played together.
Attack holders, Raphinha and Vini Jr. are the team's rookies. This alone already considerably diminishes the possibility that scaling has already been used before. They started together only five matches (Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay, for the Eliminations, and Japan and Ghana, in friendly).
Tite was already drawing this offensive lineup during the preparation for the Cup, in Turin and in Doha. The team was scheduled to enter the field on Thursday at two closed practice this week. The match against Serbia is at 16h (from Brasília), in the stadium of Lusail.
Serbia, in turn, prepares for the premiere with the participation of Attacker Mitrovic, who recovered from foot injury and generated concerns. On Wednesday, Coach Dragan Stojkovic stated that the player must be available.
On the other hand, the Philip Kostic half in recovery is doubt. Thus, the selection should enter the field with: Vanja Milinkovic-Savic; Milenkovic, Veljkovic and Pavlovic; Zivkovic, Gudelj, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Miadenovic and Tadic; Mitrovic and Vlahovic.
